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by A Wray
Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:42 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 10, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 63
Views: 6255

Re: Monday, July 10, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

The FJ was fine. No, the clue couldn't be asking for "the elder" just because that's the subject of the sentence; that's not how Jeopardy! clues work. Consider some other clues from this game: Funded by DARPA & the CIA, some of the earliest spy satellites were part of this program shar...
by A Wray
Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, June 8, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 41
Views: 4182

Re: Thursday, June 8, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I have watched this show long enough to know that the Jeopardy! writers use "silent letter" to mean "a letter whose function in pronunciation we can't be bothered to understand" -- but even by that standard, the claim that the Q in lacquer is silent is very creative. In words der...
by A Wray
Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, June 5, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 3044

Re: Monday, June 5, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

This is silly, the category was Championship Team. The Gretzky/Messier clue was the third one played in that category and the answer to the first two clues were teams. It was obvious what they were going for. So, again, if the category is THE HUMAN BODY, and they show a picture of a uvula with the ...
by A Wray
Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, June 5, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 3044

Re: Monday, June 5, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

The category title was THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. Gretzky and Messier was not the name of the team. So in a category called THE HUMAN BODY or THE BODY HUMAN (which has been used three times this season), you think the contestants should have to name which human's body the clue is referring to? I'm with...
by A Wray
Tue May 02, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, May 1, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 34
Views: 5936

Re: Monday, May 1, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

had cello for viola :? So unlike them, you had the correct response. Good for you. They asked for "the tenor of the violin family" which is the cello. The viola is the alto. They're also wrong about the modern symphony orchestra having only 6 to 10. It generally has 12. That's 12 of each-...
by A Wray
Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:19 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: J! in the Media
Replies: 2115
Views: 931386

Re: J! in the Media

by A Wray
Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:24 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: J! in the Media
Replies: 2115
Views: 931386

Re: J! in the Media

by A Wray
Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:00 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, September 26, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 42
Views: 2897

Re: Monday, September 26, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

FJ was an instaget for me and I don’t know why, but I’m surprised so many people didn’t get it. Did anyone notice Ken’s comment, something like “let’s see how much you wagered, or maybe you don’t believe in that”? That struck me as rather odd. ..."not a thing, didn't wager a penny, perhaps doe...
by A Wray
Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:15 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 53
Views: 4178

Re: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Just to add one more thing to the I Pagliacci discussion, they have accepted " The Messiah " for Handel's most famous oratorio about a billion times, which is as close a parallel as one could ask for. Props to the writers for clues about both Key and Peele, as well as correct responses of ...
by A Wray
Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:24 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: J! in the Media
Replies: 2115
Views: 931386

Re: J! in the Media

by A Wray
Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:22 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, June 13, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 28
Views: 2929

Re: Monday, June 13, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

For anyone who might be wondering: Yes, the play adaptation of Death on the Nile is called Murder on the Nile , and the play was of course published as a book (I have it sitting in front of me). But it turns out that in the play, both the murder victim and the steamer have different names, so the DD...
by A Wray
Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:26 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, June 9, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 35
Views: 3237

Re: Thursday, June 9, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I ran the CLASSICAL MUSIC category, but I wasn't surprised the Mendelssohn piece was a TS. I recognized the piece (as did everyone who remembers the film Breaking Away ) and know the subtitle, but this doesn't strike me as common J! knowledge. Putting it in the third row makes it even more of a mis...
by A Wray
Wed May 25, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, May 23, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 54
Views: 4289

Re: Monday, May 23, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Y'all are way overcomplicating the Camaro clue. They're looking for a Chevy model whose name suggests camaraderie. Look at the word. That's all there is to it.
by A Wray
Tue May 03, 2022 1:07 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, April 29, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 56
Views: 4621

Re: Friday, April 29, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

How young of a kid? I feel like people hear of Tchaikovsky relatively early in life--maybe due to the Nutcracker? But the others probably take a little longer and Mussorgsky is probably less known than Rachmaninov or Prokofiev or Stravinsky or Rimsky Korsakov. Maybe on the same level as Shostakovic...
by A Wray
Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:58 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, March 14, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 47
Views: 6078

Re: Monday, March 14, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I'm glad Amy rebounded from what I thought was a tough DD. WTH does unincorporated even mean (rhetorical Q)? Why ISN'T someplace that big incorporated? I guessed Silver Spring Maryland thinking it might not be inc'd. Bethesda is way too well known to be a ronin. Maryland and Virginia both have the ...
by A Wray
Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:29 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: J! in the Media
Replies: 2115
Views: 931386

Re: J! in the Media

JBoard gets a mention in this article: Den of Geek: Is Jeopardy! Getting Easier?. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/is-jeopardy-getting-easier/ Quite the conclusion they leap to at the end: Amy is a dominating Jeopardy! player because of the existence of Jeopardy! strategy discussions on jboard and redd...
by A Wray
Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:12 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 8173

Re: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

While the clue was easy with the context given, I've never heard the nickname 'Slim Reaper' for Rick Nash. Coupled with the fact they hilariously showed Nash in a Bruins jersey, where he played only 11 of his 1060 career games, it makes me think someone pulled a fast one or made some bizarre inside...
by A Wray
Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:03 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 8173

Re: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Does anyone know how we're supposed to pick the correct answer from these four seemingly viable options?: Louisa May Alcott Mary Baker Eddy Julia Ward Howe Harriet Beecher Stowe They all seem to have lived in the right era and the right area of the country. Since we're not expected to have encyclop...